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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who insisted on placing a large cross on a separate tombstone for Rilke?
2. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that quite at the end of life, one might be able to write how many verses that were good?
3. In his final lines of the Epilogue, Mood writes, "That much would be sufficient--for beginning is perhaps the most ______ thing of all."
4. From which of Rilke's poems does Mood quote "The Difficulty of Dying," "the glance while, as though caught by a whirlpool's / circling, swims a little while"?
5. In what form is "The Dragon-Princess"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mood posit that the word "Desire" implies in "The Difficulty of Dying"?
2. What does Mood believe Rilke associated between life and death?
3. What three authors does the commentator compare to Rilke's quote, "Murderers are easily comprehended"?
4. What is the poem discussed in "The Difficulty of Dying"?
5. What happens once man has acclimated himself to solitude, according to Rilke in "The Dragon-Princess"?
6. What has Rilke accomplished in his epitaph, according to Mood?
7. What comparison does Rilke use to explain human experience in "The Dragon-Princess"?
8. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?
9. What does Rilke speak of initially regarding solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?
10. From what text is "Blood-Remembering" taken? What character is speaking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss "Magic" and "Force of Gravity" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rilke in terms of Expressionism and Existentialism. How does Rilke fit into these movements, when and where did they arise, and what in his works reflect these styles?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the poems, "Greek Love-Talk" and "The Lovers," describing an analysis of their structure, the placement of punctuation and capitalization, and assonance or alliteration.
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